As we enter a new
year I ask that we live
in a world without harm
Hold on to your hats folks
I don't expect that hawks
change their feathers
In fact I preach to choirs
around the world that peace
trumps hate but no one sings
My praises to end years
of enmity today
this is cause for alarm
Still somehow we can't stop
toddlers playing with fire
in the Bronx but to shut
A door could have saved lives
the neglect adults do
this is where we begin
--
Bound to treat each other
with respect due to kings
and queens as royalty
Although we see the worst
in each other as past
actions color measures
Noticeably taken
to keep at a distance
foreign objects as things
Deemed too strange to bring near
to keep close or to love
we are slaves bound in chains
History fetters wrists
and ankles in shackles
irons we cannot cut
Although we appear free
our minds are in bondage
to our beliefs in sin
--
Cut the ties that control
our thoughts the false feed
that speaks of loyalty
Harm a powerful force
that decides whom we trust
unconditional love
Indeed appears foreign
as strange as the teachings
of Jesus to the men
Those disciples who walked
in His steps but fell short
in faith water their brains
That their egos may melt
frozen like ice rock hard
to hear the mourning dove
As plaintive as grieving
mothers with their children
lost in war asking when
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